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Southern Columbia coach celebrates record-breaking milestone in state high school football history
CATAWISSA, Pa. — While Friday night may seem like a high school football team celebrating a win in Columbia County, it's actually a celebration of a coach who just made state history. Jim Roth, Head Coach of Southern Columbia Area High School Football, is now the first football coach...
Women's Soccer Ties Stevenson University 1-1 in Season Opener
WILKES-BARRE, PA (August 30, 2024) -- The King's College women's soccer team opened their 2024 season at home at McCarthy Stadium against the Stevenson University Mustangs on Friday evening. It was the first ever meeting between the two programs. Throughout a relatively slow first half, neither team could gain much...
Restaurant inspections from Monroe County, Aug. 12-25
These establishments in Monroe County were inspected between Aug. 12 and 25, according to Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture records. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture provides this disclosure: "Please remember that any inspection is a 'snapshot' of the day and time of the inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term cleanliness of an establishment. Also, at the time of the inspection, violations are recorded but are often corrected on site...
Women’s Volleyball Opens Their Season at Home with a Thrilling Win Over Wilkes University
LA PLUME, Pa. – Keystone women's volleyball opened their season at home with a 3-2 win over Wilkes University. Keystone started out strong, winning the first set 25-19, and then won the third set 25-20. Wilkes took sets two and four with scores of 25-23 and 25-18. Finally, Keystone pulled ahead as it came down to a 14-14 tie in the fifth set, with Keystone eventually winning 16-14. Taylor Hallam (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin East) led the way for the Giants with 11 kills and three blocks during the match. Adrianna Derrick (Oklahoma City, Okla./Putnam City) and Sofia Green (Portland, Ore./Mountainside) each followed closely behind with 10 kills and nine kills respectively. Defensively, Catie Woolf (Fremont, Ohio/Saint Joseph Central Catholic) started her career at Keystone College with an impressive 30 digs in the match.
Huge Team Effort in Women's Volleyball Friday Sweep
WILKES-BARRE, PA (August 30, 2024) -- The King's College women's volleyball team started the season off strong on Friday night with a tri-match sweep over the Penn State Schuylkill Nittany Lions (0-2) and the Saint Elizabeth Eagles (1-1). In McGrane Gymnasium, the Monarchs (2-0) defeated the Nittany Lions 3-0, while also gaining a 3-0 win over the Eagles.
Women’s Volleyball Splits at Kings Tri Match
Wilkes Barre, PA.- The Saint Elizabeth Women's Volleyball team went 1-1 at the Kings Tri-Match. The Eagles defeated Penn State Schuylkill in five sets 3-2, and fell to Kings in three sets losing 3-0. After the tri-match Saint Elizabeth starts the season 1-1, PSU Schuylkill starts the season 0-2, and...
Men's Soccer Drops Season Opener Against Wilkes
Scranton, Pa. – The Marywood University men's soccer team opened up the season Friday night hosting the Wilkes University Colonels. The Pacers were blanked in the opener losing, 2-0. Wilkes scored their first goal in the 45th minute when Herbert Ramirez had a free kick opportunity from 35 yards...
Road closure coming up in Troy
TROY, Pa. (WETM) — Part of a road in Troy Township will be closed to accommodate bridge work starting this upcoming week. According to PennDOT, Route 514 will be closed from Route 14 to two miles west of Windfall Road (Route 3028) starting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, while crews replace the bridge that carries Route […]
Warren Police Arrest NY Man for Receiving Stolen Property and Eluding Police
WARREN, NJ -- — Warren Township Chief of Police Robert Ferreiro on Friday announced the arrest of Abdourahmane Seck, age 35, of Bronx, NY. Chief Ferreiro stated that on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at approximately 9 PM, Warren Township Police received an alert from an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR), affixed within Warren Township, of a vehicle bearing a stolen license plate. Within minutes of receiving the alert, officers located the vehicle in a shopping center where a suspect was also located. When officers attempted to approach the suspect, he fled the shopping center at a high rate...
Dave Stahler Gets First Victory in Berks Catholic Nail-biter over Executive
Tagged under: District 11, District 3, Gameday Hub, News. Saints head coach Dave Stahler picked up his first victory in nerve-racking fashion Friday night at Andre Reed Stadium on the campus of Kutztown University. A game that remained close throughout came right down to the wire and Berks Catholic clipped the Raptors for the second consecutive year.
Hometown Disposal workers on strike
Selinsgrove, Pa. — Multiple employees of Hometown Disposal went on strike Saturday, according to a local union member. The strike began on Saturday, Aug. 4, after the bargaining unit of employees voted down the company's "best and final offer" for their first contract, according to a union representative. The bargaining unit has fourteen employees. "The outstanding issues are overtime, insurance, vacations, holidays, retirement, leaves of absences, wages, and maintenance of...
Magic Beans Continue to Bring Their “A” Game
So you’ve just finished a huge summer of shows, culminating in your own magical three-day festival. What are you going to do next?. If you’re Magic Beans, and you’ve just closed out the incredible Beanstalk Music Festival, you put 28 more shows on your calendar, beginning Saturday, August 31, at Karnival of the Arts East in Kempton, Pennsylvania. Their September tour hits the West Coast, Idaho, and Colorado. October the quartet will visit Ohio and the East Coast, including five shows with like-minded Squeaky Feet. The will join The Breakfast on Halloween at Park City Music Hall in Bridgeport: Join us for a FONGHOULISH Freakout!
Angela Brown appointed assistant director of academic affairs
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. — Angela Brown, assistant teaching professor of accounting, has been named assistant director of academic affairs at Schuylkill campus, effective Aug. 19. “Angela Brown is a fantastic colleague and has done a great job as the program coordinator for business,” said Cory Scherer, director of academic...
Mother leaves child at police station, charged with endangerment
Williamsport, Pa. — A mother left her child at a police station for more than four hours before being charged with a misdemeanor for endangerment. Geneva Marie Sitler, 42, agreed to pick her son up from the Williamsport Bureau of Police Department on July 16, Sergeant Brian McGee said. The juvenile was in custody as a missing person, according to the complaint. From 3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. police called...
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